the general attitude, sentiment, preference, etc., as of the public.
–verb (used without object)
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to beat or throb; pulsate.
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to beat, vibrate, or undulate.
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Physics. to emit particles or radiation periodically in short bursts.
–verb (used with object)
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to cause to pulse.
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Medicine/Medical. to administer (medication) in interrupted, often concentrated dosages to avoid unwanted side effects.
[Origin: 1300–50; < L pulsus a beat, equiv. to *peld-, base of pellere to set in motion by beating or striking (cf. impel) + -tus, suffix of v. action, with dt < s and backing and raising of e before velar l; r. ME pous < MF < L, as above]
"a throb, a beat," c.1330, from O.Fr. pous (c.1175), from L. pulsus (in pulsus venarum "beating from the blood in the veins"), pp. of pellere "to push, drive," from PIE *pel- "to shake, swing" (cf. Gk. pallein "to weild, brandish, swing," pelemizein "to shake, cause to tremble"). The verb meaning "to beat, throb" is first attested 1559.
(electronics) a sharp transient wave in the normal electrical state (or a series of such transients); "the pulsations seemed to be coming from a star" [syn: pulsation]
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the rhythmic contraction and expansion of the arteries with each beat of the heart; "he could feel the beat of her heart"
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the rate at which the heart beats; usually measured to obtain a quick evaluation of a person's health
4.
edible seeds of various pod-bearing plants (peas or beans or lentils etc.)
verb
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expand and contract rhythmically; beat rhythmically; "The baby's heart was pulsating again after the surgeon massaged it" [syn: pulsate]
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produce or modulate (as electromagnetic waves) in the form of short bursts or pulses or cause an apparatus to produce pulses; "pulse waves"; "a transmitter pulsed by an electronic tube"
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drive by or as if by pulsation; "A soft breeze pulsed the air"
the regular beating of the heart, which can be checked by feeling the pumping action of the artery in the wrist Example: The doctor felt/took her pulse.
The rhythmic expansion and contraction of the arteries as blood is pumped through them by the heart. The pulse can be felt at several parts of the body, as over the carotid and radial arteries.
A dose of a medication or other substance given over a short period of time, usually repetitively.
A brief sudden change in a normally constant quantity, such as an electric current or field.
Any of a series of intermittent occurrences characterized by a brief sudden change in a quantity.
The rhythmical dilation of
arteries produced when blood is pumped outward by regular contractions of the heart, especially as palpated at the wrist or in the neck.
Main Entry: 1pulse Pronunciation: 'p&ls Function: noun 1 a: a regularly recurrent wave of distension in arteries that results from
the progress through an artery of blood injected into the arterial system at each contraction of the ventricles of the heart b: the palpable beat resulting from such pulse as detected
in a superficial artery (as the radial artery) <a very soft pulse>; also: the number of such beats in a specified period of time (as one minute) <a resting pulse
of 70> 2:PULSATION 3 a: a transient variation of a quantity (as electric
current or voltage) whose value is normally constant —often used of current variations produced artificially and repeated either with a regular period or according to some code b: an electromagnetic wave or modulation thereof having brief duration c: a brief disturbance transmitted through a medium 4: a dose of a substance
especially when applied over a short period of time <therapy with pulses of intravenous methylprednisolone>
Main Entry: 2pulse Function: verb Inflected Forms: pulsed; puls·ing intransitive senses : to exhibit a pulse or pulsation
pulsetransitive senses 1: to cause to pulsate 2 a: to produce or modulate (as electromagnetic waves) in the form of pulses <pulsed
waves> b: to cause (an apparatus) to produce pulses
Ap*peal"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Appealed; p. pr. & vb. n. Appealing.] [OE. appelen, apelen, to appeal, accuse, OF. appeler, fr. L. appellare to approach, address, invoke, summon, call, name; akin to appellere to drive to; ad + pellere to drive. See Pulse, and cf. Peal.]1. (Law) (a) To make application for the removal of (a cause) from an inferior to a superior judge or court for a rehearing or review on account of alleged injustice or illegality in the trial below. We say, the cause was appealed from an inferior court. (b) To charge with a crime; to accuse; to institute a private criminal prosecution against for some heinous crime; as, to appeal a person of felony. 2. To summon; to challenge. [Archaic] Man to man will I appeal the Norman to the lists. --Sir W. Scott. 3. To invoke. [Obs.] --Milton.
Com*pel"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Compelled; p. pr. & vb. n Compelling.] [L. compellere, compulsum, to drive together, to compel, urge; com- + pellere to drive: cf. OF. compellir. See Pulse.]1. To drive or urge with force, or irresistibly; to force; to constrain; to oblige; to necessitate, either by physical or moral force. Wolsey . . . compelled the people to pay up the whole subsidy at once. --Hallam. And they compel one Simon . . . to bear his cross. --Mark xv. 21. 2. To take by force or violence; to seize; to exact; to extort. [R.] Commissions, which compel from each The sixth part of his substance. --Shak. 3. To force to yield; to overpower; to subjugate. Easy sleep their weary limbs compelled. --Dryden. I compel all creatures to my will. --Tennyson. 4. To gather or unite in a crowd or company. [A Latinism] "In one troop compelled." --Dryden. 5. To call forth; to summon. [Obs.] --Chapman. She had this knight from far compelled. --Spenser. Syn: To force; constrain; oblige; necessitate; coerce. See Coerce.
Dis*ci"ple\, n. [OE. disciple, deciple, OF. disciple, fr. L. discipulus, fr. discere to learn (akin to docere to teach; see Docile) + prob. a root meaning to turn or drive, as in L. pellere to drive (see Pulse).] One who receives instruction from another; a scholar; a learner; especially, a follower who has learned to believe in the truth of the doctrine of his teacher; an adherent in doctrine; as, the disciples of Plato; the disciples of our Savior. The disciples, or The twelve disciples, the twelve selected companions of Jesus; -- also called the apostles. Disciples of Christ. See Christian, n., 3, and Campbellite. Syn: Learner; scholar; pupil; follower; adherent.
Dis*pel"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dispelled; p. pr. & vb. n. Dispelling.] [L. dispellere; dis- + pellere to push, drive. See Pulse a beating.] To drive away by scattering, or so to cause to vanish; to clear away; to banish; to dissipate; as, to dispel a cloud, vapors, cares, doubts, illusions. [Satan] gently raised their fainting courage, and dispelled their fears. --Milton. I saw myself the lambent easy light Gild the brown horror, and dispel the night. --Dryden.
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